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Friday
March 25,1994 Vol. CXXII, No. 50
Weather
The rain and wind continue through Sunday. Expect the afternoon to be in the 60s and the low in the upper 40s. Hopefully it will be sunny where you are during Spring Break.
USC defeats UVA in Sweet 16,85-66
Lisa Leslie and Tina Thompson each scored 18 points in the Women of Troy's Mideast Regional win. USC plays Louisiana Tech Saturday for a Final Four bid.
Sports, page 8
Holiday havoc, done local style
Those without the plane ticket to nirvana shouldn't abandon all hope of having a memorable spring break. Just make like the tourists that come in droves to Los Angeles this time of year.
Diversions, page 4
F.Y.I.
Environmental Awareness talk
Petroleum engineer Elmer L. Dougherty, an expert in energy economics, will give a talk on "Global Energy Demand and Supplies," Friday, March 25, at 1 p.m., in the Grace Ford Salvatori Hall, Room 106.
The talk, open to the public and free of charge, is one in a series of spring lectures sponsored by the School of Engineering Honors Colloquium as part of its annual W.V.T Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.
Dr. Dougherty, whose special areas of study include energy technology and pricing, is the holder of the NIOC Chair in Petroleum Engineering.
Newspaper
the llniversit
Southern California
CARP sparks heated debate
Student warns of relationship to Moonie cult
By Melanie Asp
Staff Writer
Vasilio Aronis has a brother who was involved with a dangerous and destructive bible-based cult.
Aronis, a senior majoring in international relations, lost his brother for seven months to the mind control of that cult and it took even longer for counselors to reprogram his brother's mind to function normally again.
Last Thursday, Aronis discovered that the College Association for the Research of the Principle exists on the university campus. He says CARP is an extension of the "Moonies," a cult organization of the followers of Rev. Sun Myung Moon and his Unification Church.
Informed of CARP's sponsorship of Moon's son to be guest speaker at a university event, Aronis took action.
"1 applied for emergency credentials to set up a booth, not to push any religious or political ideals, but to provide the oppos-
ing side to the Moonies in an effort to level the issue/' Aronis said. "We're a group of students hoping to warn the USC community against these destructive cults.”
The USC Cults Awareness Committee also considers CARP a potentially dangerous organization.
"I'm convinced it (CARP) is a destructive cult," said Donn Christensen, a member of the Cults Awareness Committee. "They're not saying who they are up front. They're pretending to be a USC student organization."
CARP, however, maintains it is a national student religious organization that follows a fundamental Christian doctrine and is associated with the Unification Church.
Unificationism has two distinct purposes: to bring unity between God and man and to bring unity between mind and body, according to CARP's worldview pamphlets.
CARP is the network of students committed to the Unificationism ideal of creating a global culture that transcends racial and social divisions.
(See Moonies, page 3)
Kelly Neany / Dally Tro|an
Vasilio Aronis, senior IR major (center), hands out pamphlets warning of Moonie activities, near CARP’s own booth.
Sophomore ejected from lit. class
Professor spars with student about true nature of disruptive activity
By Nik Trendowski
Staff Writer
A professor forcefully removed a student from a comparative literature class he was substitute teaching Thursday after she came in late and was al-ledegedly disrupting the class.
Miniver Choi, a sophomore majoring in philosophy, was
taken by the elbow and directed toward the door by Ronald Gottesman, a English Department professor.
"I'm not the total juvenile delinquent that's out to start a revolution," she said. "I'm just
your run-of-the-mill philosophy student."
Choi reported the incident to the dean of humanities, Richard Ide, as well as the comparative literature department.
"I want a formal letter of apology to the class and to me," Choi said.
Ide said he talked to the head of the comparative literature department, Peggy Kamuf, and appointed a faculty fact-finding committee to find out what occurred and why.
"I'm taking it very seriously," Ide said. "I regret that the inci-
dent occurred."
Gottesman said he felt Choi was disrupting the class by talking and laughing as well as asking several students to get up so that she could reach her chosen seat. He said he asked her three times to be quiet after she stopped and resumed talking, then told her to leave if she planned to continue disrupting the class.
Choi admitted to passing notes and laughing in class but said she was not talking and felt she was not disrupting the class.
Gottesman said he could hear Choi talking though she was seated several rows from the front of the room. He said it was disturbing him and thought it
was disturbing to others in the room.
"I asked the student to leave because the student was a distraction to the classroom," Gottesman said. "The student didn't make a move until I said I wouldn't continue to lecture until she left. She began in a slow-motion way and I said, 'please leave promptly.' "
He said Choi's response was that she would leave at her own speed and do whatever she wanted to do about the matter, which Choi denies.
When Gottesman stopped his lecture, Choi went to the front row where her teaching assis-
(See Disrupt, page 3)
New university policy on sexual assault
By Nik Trendowski
Staff Writer
The university's new official policy on sexual assault puts into writing many of the practices the Office of Women's Issues has instituted over the years in an effort to clarify procedures and victims' rights.
Elizabeth Davenport, director of the office, said what is written in the new policy does not represent a change from unwritten policies previously in place, but puts the protocols for response in writing so that all offices can coordinate their responses.
"If it helps students understand what's there for them and how they should appropriately respond ... it just helps them realize there's help out there," Davenport said.
"It gives students a clearer idea of what their rights are."
Jeep Hauser, director of Creating Attitudes for a Rape-Free Environment (CARE) said the presence of a clear sexual assault policy will make it easier for victims to come forward.
"Anytime the university takes steps regarding sexual assault, the whole university will benefit," Hauser said. "It's sort of an added message saying this is something the university cares about."
The policy, devised in January, sums itself up this way: "It is the philosophy of the University of Southern California to strive to foster an educational environment free from sexual assault."
The policy defines sexual assault as: "Rape: forced sexual intercourse, including forced sodomy, forced oral copulation, penetration by a foreign object; acquaintance rape: forced sexual intercourse by a nonstranger which could involve a friend, acquaintance, family member, neighbor, or co-worker; date rape: forced sexual intercourse by someone the survivor has been or is dating; gang or group rape: forced sexual intercourse by more than one person."
Moreover, it defines consent as "positive cooperation." The definitions are often at the heart of debates over sexual assault on college campuses.
(See Policy, page 3)

Friday
March 25,1994 Vol. CXXII, No. 50
Weather
The rain and wind continue through Sunday. Expect the afternoon to be in the 60s and the low in the upper 40s. Hopefully it will be sunny where you are during Spring Break.
USC defeats UVA in Sweet 16,85-66
Lisa Leslie and Tina Thompson each scored 18 points in the Women of Troy's Mideast Regional win. USC plays Louisiana Tech Saturday for a Final Four bid.
Sports, page 8
Holiday havoc, done local style
Those without the plane ticket to nirvana shouldn't abandon all hope of having a memorable spring break. Just make like the tourists that come in droves to Los Angeles this time of year.
Diversions, page 4
F.Y.I.
Environmental Awareness talk
Petroleum engineer Elmer L. Dougherty, an expert in energy economics, will give a talk on "Global Energy Demand and Supplies," Friday, March 25, at 1 p.m., in the Grace Ford Salvatori Hall, Room 106.
The talk, open to the public and free of charge, is one in a series of spring lectures sponsored by the School of Engineering Honors Colloquium as part of its annual W.V.T Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.
Dr. Dougherty, whose special areas of study include energy technology and pricing, is the holder of the NIOC Chair in Petroleum Engineering.
Newspaper
the llniversit
Southern California
CARP sparks heated debate
Student warns of relationship to Moonie cult
By Melanie Asp
Staff Writer
Vasilio Aronis has a brother who was involved with a dangerous and destructive bible-based cult.
Aronis, a senior majoring in international relations, lost his brother for seven months to the mind control of that cult and it took even longer for counselors to reprogram his brother's mind to function normally again.
Last Thursday, Aronis discovered that the College Association for the Research of the Principle exists on the university campus. He says CARP is an extension of the "Moonies," a cult organization of the followers of Rev. Sun Myung Moon and his Unification Church.
Informed of CARP's sponsorship of Moon's son to be guest speaker at a university event, Aronis took action.
"1 applied for emergency credentials to set up a booth, not to push any religious or political ideals, but to provide the oppos-
ing side to the Moonies in an effort to level the issue/' Aronis said. "We're a group of students hoping to warn the USC community against these destructive cults.”
The USC Cults Awareness Committee also considers CARP a potentially dangerous organization.
"I'm convinced it (CARP) is a destructive cult," said Donn Christensen, a member of the Cults Awareness Committee. "They're not saying who they are up front. They're pretending to be a USC student organization."
CARP, however, maintains it is a national student religious organization that follows a fundamental Christian doctrine and is associated with the Unification Church.
Unificationism has two distinct purposes: to bring unity between God and man and to bring unity between mind and body, according to CARP's worldview pamphlets.
CARP is the network of students committed to the Unificationism ideal of creating a global culture that transcends racial and social divisions.
(See Moonies, page 3)
Kelly Neany / Dally Tro|an
Vasilio Aronis, senior IR major (center), hands out pamphlets warning of Moonie activities, near CARP’s own booth.
Sophomore ejected from lit. class
Professor spars with student about true nature of disruptive activity
By Nik Trendowski
Staff Writer
A professor forcefully removed a student from a comparative literature class he was substitute teaching Thursday after she came in late and was al-ledegedly disrupting the class.
Miniver Choi, a sophomore majoring in philosophy, was
taken by the elbow and directed toward the door by Ronald Gottesman, a English Department professor.
"I'm not the total juvenile delinquent that's out to start a revolution," she said. "I'm just
your run-of-the-mill philosophy student."
Choi reported the incident to the dean of humanities, Richard Ide, as well as the comparative literature department.
"I want a formal letter of apology to the class and to me," Choi said.
Ide said he talked to the head of the comparative literature department, Peggy Kamuf, and appointed a faculty fact-finding committee to find out what occurred and why.
"I'm taking it very seriously," Ide said. "I regret that the inci-
dent occurred."
Gottesman said he felt Choi was disrupting the class by talking and laughing as well as asking several students to get up so that she could reach her chosen seat. He said he asked her three times to be quiet after she stopped and resumed talking, then told her to leave if she planned to continue disrupting the class.
Choi admitted to passing notes and laughing in class but said she was not talking and felt she was not disrupting the class.
Gottesman said he could hear Choi talking though she was seated several rows from the front of the room. He said it was disturbing him and thought it
was disturbing to others in the room.
"I asked the student to leave because the student was a distraction to the classroom," Gottesman said. "The student didn't make a move until I said I wouldn't continue to lecture until she left. She began in a slow-motion way and I said, 'please leave promptly.' "
He said Choi's response was that she would leave at her own speed and do whatever she wanted to do about the matter, which Choi denies.
When Gottesman stopped his lecture, Choi went to the front row where her teaching assis-
(See Disrupt, page 3)
New university policy on sexual assault
By Nik Trendowski
Staff Writer
The university's new official policy on sexual assault puts into writing many of the practices the Office of Women's Issues has instituted over the years in an effort to clarify procedures and victims' rights.
Elizabeth Davenport, director of the office, said what is written in the new policy does not represent a change from unwritten policies previously in place, but puts the protocols for response in writing so that all offices can coordinate their responses.
"If it helps students understand what's there for them and how they should appropriately respond ... it just helps them realize there's help out there," Davenport said.
"It gives students a clearer idea of what their rights are."
Jeep Hauser, director of Creating Attitudes for a Rape-Free Environment (CARE) said the presence of a clear sexual assault policy will make it easier for victims to come forward.
"Anytime the university takes steps regarding sexual assault, the whole university will benefit," Hauser said. "It's sort of an added message saying this is something the university cares about."
The policy, devised in January, sums itself up this way: "It is the philosophy of the University of Southern California to strive to foster an educational environment free from sexual assault."
The policy defines sexual assault as: "Rape: forced sexual intercourse, including forced sodomy, forced oral copulation, penetration by a foreign object; acquaintance rape: forced sexual intercourse by a nonstranger which could involve a friend, acquaintance, family member, neighbor, or co-worker; date rape: forced sexual intercourse by someone the survivor has been or is dating; gang or group rape: forced sexual intercourse by more than one person."
Moreover, it defines consent as "positive cooperation." The definitions are often at the heart of debates over sexual assault on college campuses.
(See Policy, page 3)